Hand-planter cut-off



(No Model.) S. P. BABOOGK.

HAND PLANTER OUT-OFF. No. 276,995. Patented May 8,1883.

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SYLVESTER P. BABoooK; F ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

HAND-PLANTElR CUT-OFF.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 276,995, dated May 8,. 1883.

Application filed June 17, 1882. (No model.)

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post 0 and holds the cut-off as it is forced down is held back, while the cup and its contents are Be it known thatI, SYLVESTER B. BABCOCK, of Adrian city, State of Michigan, have invented a Rigid Gut-Off for Hand-Planters, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make a strong, uniform, and durable cut-off to take the place ofrubber or brush and such perishable ones, and while obtaining their yielding and,practieal working qualities I obtain one almostindestructible by the work designed for.

Figure l is a side elevationof a planter, partly in section,showing arrangement of cutoff; Fig. 2, a rear elevation.

D'is the standard of the planter; E, the plunger, 6, the seed-cup; F, the hopper; G, the spring which presses upon the notched in position. H is the slotin thestandard in which the cut-ofl' is placed. A is the cut-offproper, made rigid and preferably of cast metal. B B are inclined ends Of the cut-off. B B are flanges whichrest on suitable bearings and holdth'e cut-ofl' in position, as shown.

Centrally on the body of the cut-off is a notched post, 0. Around or on this posta spring-pressure is applied to hold the cut-off firmly to the bearin gs upon which' it rests. In using the cut-off the main part or standard of a planter is made with a suitable recess to admit'the cut-ofi, and with a support at each end, upon which the flanges B B of the cut-off are placed. Around the post G or on its top a spring is applied, and so fastened to the standard of the planter that it will press firmly and hold the cut-off securely in its place. One end of the cut-off underneath the flangeis exposed to thelcorn in the hopper of the planter. As the measuring-cup of the planter passes above the cut-oft' into-the corn it readily fills. Then, past the cutoff again, all

corn not beyond the base-surface'of the cut-01f carried past the cut-off, where the corn drops freely out from the cup. The spring-pressure centrallyapplied to the cut-off allows either end to raise independent of the other end, and

also allows the whole body of the cut-off to applying the spring-pressure tothi-s out-oft allows the'end to rise and permitthe wedged grain to pass along with the cup. Should they continue to wedge, the central portion of the cut-off also rises, and after they pass the center the other end rises, and at the same time the first end drops back to its original position.

The spring to hold this cut-off in its proper place may be made of any suitable material, either of sheet metal with proper fasteningssuch as screws-or of coiled wire placed around the post 0, with a perforated plate dropped over the post and spring and fastened to the standard outside of the action'of the cut-ofi', or with a wire spring running either Way parallel to the'flanges and held by books or staples tothe standard of the planter, as may be desired. The spring and its. fastening must of necessity not only hold the cut-01f down on the bearin gs with a certain and constant pressure, but at the same time must hold the cutoff from moving laterally.

I elaimi A rigid metal cut-off having the end portion, B, flanges B, and standard 0, in combination with a spring bearin g upon said standard, substantially as shown and described.

' SYLVESTER P. BABUOUK.

Witnesses:

WM. F. CORNELL, L. R. DAVIS. 

